This is one of those rare buildings that actual looks like it's rendering. It just looks like a cgi creation.
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Love the photos Sebastian, sorry I missed this event by a couple of measly weeks. Glad to see your excellent shots here. the panorama is amazing.
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First of all thank you IMRE for those INCREDIBLE pictures, especially those from the very tip top of the spire. In my head for months I was thinking "wouldnt it be cool to see what it looks like from the tip top of the spire of the Burj Dubai?!" but I thought I would never find it, you cant even find pictures taken from the top of the Sears (Willis) Tower's highest antenna.
In terms of the opening ceremonies and news coverage it has been quite impressive, certainly the most talked about new WTB since the Petronas Towers, arguably even eclipsing that (and that was only because it was the first to surpass the Sears Tower and arguably at that). The Taipei101 by contrast got relatively little media attention in comparison from what I recall. The big surprise of course was the name change to the Burj Kalifha, the local Chicago media comparted it to the Sears Tower being renamed the Willis Tower. I almost wonder if they got the idea to change the name of the building on that. On a side note while I love the design that is very reminiscint of the unbuilt mile-high "Illinois" skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956 there are a few things that bug me about it. It boasts breaking so many records and yet I can name a number of records that they could have garnished where they come short. One is that the observation deck wont be the highest in the world, the Shanghai World Financial Center still will, in fact some stats I have read states that it will even be a few feet lower than the skypod of the CN Tower in Toronto. Thats kind of a bummer if someone like me travels half way across the world and I cant even say that I went higher than I can go on my own continent. Sure it will be higher than the Willis (Sears) Tower observation deck but thats an old standard now. Second building on that its kind of awkward to have a 2,717 foot building where the top 1,250+ feet is totally inaccessible to the general public. Unless you know someone like IMRE you wont be able to see the most incredible views. Third, there is a hotel but it is on THE LOWEST FLOORS of the building above the lobby, not even the highest hotel in Dubai by far. Again a bummer to travel halfway around the world to stay in the Burj and tell someone that I stayed on the 40th if I am lucky not because thats what I got but thats the highest hotel rooms there are. Fourth, offices on the HIGHEST floors?! Thats the total opposite of most multi-use super tall buildings particularly in Chicago where a building like the John Hancock Center has offices on the lower floors. It almost seems undemocratic, you either have to be a rich oil sheik with an office or a lucky maintenence worker to get up there. Fifth, while the highest residential floors will be the highest residences in the world for the time being (beating the 40 year record held by Chicago's John Hancock Center or maybe the Trump Tower if the very top residences are already occupied) the residences could have easily been much higher and put where the office floors are instead. From what I can guess if the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower was residential it would be higher than the highest residences in the Burj. If the Chicago Spire ever gets built it will blow the world's highest residences out of the Burj's water. I am sorry to go on a tangent about this but it just REALLY bugs me when I read these details of the interior of the Burj. If anyone has any insight as to why these things are the way they are please share. |
MARK , Dubaiflo over at SSC just posted some extraordinary pictures aswell ! get them here :D
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But maybe they will open a smaller additional observation deck further up which you can only access if you buy a special ticket that costs extra money. |
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First, thanks to Imre Solt for all those pics & vidz day after day from the basement to the top of Burj Dubai :cheers:
Btw, does anyone have any figures about tower occupation ? :D |
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:cheers: http://i45.tinypic.com/jk8wtc.jpg Album link: http://picasaweb.google.hu/imresolt/...1December2009# |
thanks for all the amazing photos :tup:
just cant w8 to see the Burj khalifa whit my own eyes in late february-march will be soo cool :D it really turned out to be very nice indeed looks very starwars in the night whit allt he lights lighting up the smoke and skies. and the lights at the top are amazing. |
yes, imre, i enjoyed your photos documenting the construction. :tup:
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to get an idea just how tall this thing is, the white curved top building on lower left is over 300m/ 1000' tall!
http://i45.tinypic.com/314cw34.jpg photo is by SSP forumer Imre |
My last Burj Dubai and first Burj Khalifa photos :)
Burj Dubai ( 04/January/2010 , 20:40 UAE time in my Canon camera ) http://i47.tinypic.com/1zme1cg.jpg Burj Khalifa (04/January/2010 , 20:41 UAE time in my Canon camera ) http://i45.tinypic.com/30iul9c.jpg |
Perhaps there will be public access higher in the building because I read from several sources that there will be a mosque on the 158th floor. My internet access is slow right now so pardon me for not posting a link but it can be easily googled. I wonder if this will be a worship space that will be open to the general public or is it only for building tenants. If it is open to the public and I get to go to Dubai someday I will go up there and visit a mosque for the first time:).
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The lack of nature in this city makes me feel upset but wow great light show 'n stuff.
Hats off to those who have documented this construction.:cool: |
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But about the building... I love the design, but the lack of landmarks and recognizable buildings around it make the scale hard to understand in person and impossible to understand in photos. Quote:
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I think I read somewhere that they will keep the number of people in the observation deck controlled by only allowing the same number of people to enter the observation deck as leave (to ensure the place does not get too crowded). Not sure if this is true or not. To Administrator/Moderator: Please correct thread title. The correct spelling is without the "h" at the end: Burj Khalifa. See http://i45.tinypic.com/34447b6.jpg |
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Huge hail thunderstorm filled with lightning over Dubai at the moment and i hear from family over in Dubai that Burj Khalifa is constantly being hit by lightning !
I hope we get some picutres here tomorrow morning by our loved Dubai photographers :D http://www.tornadocenter.org/upload/...746bd9f226.png Pink means Hail |
Some amazing pics here!!!
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14/January/2010
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Are there any 2-D scale drawings out there that show the landscaping and grounds surrounding the tower?
I'm looking for a view that encompasses what is shown in the picture below. That particular drawing is a couple of years old, and from what I am seeing in the construction photos, it doesn't quite match what is actually being built. Is there anything similar, but more up-to-date? http://www.majhost.com/gallery/srezk...s/siteplan.gif Original image from burjdubaiskyscraper.com |
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23/January/2010
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Its a beautiful building, my personal fovourite outside of the U.S.:)
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25/January/2010
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What is in the upmost sections of Burj Khalifa, above the 160th floor?
Equipment for broadcasting? How is the water supply of upper floors realized? Is there a water tank in the upmost floors, which would be also sensitive as reservoir for fire brigades? Or is the water directly pumped to the upmost floors? Is there also equipment used by secret services ( for radio espionage of Iran) installed at Burj Khalifa? |
it's closed now
http://apnews.ca.myway.com//article/...D9DO3K2G0.html |
anyone out there care?! ITS CLOSED!!
and not only that, they're not saying why! |
I'd also love to know if anyone has insider info.
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halp halp halp ! Must of been Osama bin laden , i think im very scared. |
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i thought it was light problem, like with the wiring or something?
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It's just the observation deck, folks.
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I think the building is astonishing, and a great architectural achievement. I really would love to go and see it myself, but considering the events of Feb 10th I have many doubts about how safe it is. Letting the lift ordeal happen seems like a serious negligence, and I'm just wondering how many more of them there might be hidden in the building... :/
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from my trip last week
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03/March/2010
Burj Khalifa,aka Burj Dubai http://i49.tinypic.com/s2zbr5.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/ettr4j.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/29mkcae.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/2wel9h0.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/1z2k87l.jpg |
Love the contrast the orange street lights give those first two pics. Great shots as always Imre :multibow
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Are any of the floors above the observation deck occupied yet?
For that matter besides the hotel at the bottom of the building what other floors are currently occupied? Are the residential units going into the low 100 floors occupied yet? Information on wikipedia or anywhere is pretty scarce besides for the observatory. |
I recently read that 825 of the 900 residential units are unoccupied.
Here is the source. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...t-tenants.html |
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Thanks
Thanks a lot guys...
A wondrful experience..:tup: |
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